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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marsyas Mike, post: 6945479, member: 85693&quot;]I had a Christmas gift certificate burning a hole in my pocket and stimulus money, and since I cannot spend St. Patrick&#039;s Day the way I&#039;d like (at my favorite tavern, gorging on corned beef &amp; cabbage, not sober) because of COVID, I decided to visit my local coin dealer.</p><p><br /></p><p>He has nice ancients, but they tend to be priced retail, which is fine, but out of my price range.&nbsp; But today he had two Persian sigloi, a type I did not have.&nbsp; At $28 and $10 I thought they were a pretty good deal.&nbsp; The flip on the $10 said it was 4 grams which seemed light, but when I got home, it was 5.5 grams, just like the other one.</p><p><br /></p><p>He also had some world crowns and minors I had a hankering for - the Dominican Republic peso is horrible, but better than a lot of them (those things really circulated - I think because they have very low silver content, but they look like a typical 90% Latin American crowns of the era).&nbsp; The Iran crown has been on my low-grade bucket list for decades - they used to be cheap but they have gone up a lot lately - $30 may not be a deal, as it is hairlined, but I like it.&nbsp; The 1916 Peru sol is lustrous beneath the tone.&nbsp; The 1750 Holland 2 stuiver is a cutie.&nbsp; The Mexico 5 peso was priced at $10 - its melt is $16.75 at the moment, so my hoarding instincts got a little bump as well. </p><p><br /></p><p>Anyway, here&#039;s the haul, with the the 2 Persian sigloi - I am looking forward to attributing them.&nbsp; At the moment all I know is that they are &quot;dagger&quot; types. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1273365[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Dutch cutie...not ancient, but I just had to share:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1273374[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>This is the $28 siglos:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1273366[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>The $10 siglos - more wear, but interesting banker&#039;s mark/countermark on the reverse:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1273367[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Maybe not as exciting as gallons of cheap, green beer, but at least I won&#039;t have a headache tomorrow.&nbsp; By all means, share your Stimulus Sprees, sigloi or whatever you want.&nbsp; And a happy St. Patrick&#039;s Day to you all.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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